| AUTOGAMOUS | • autogamous adj. Self-fertilizing. • AUTOGAMOUS adj. self-fertilizing, also AUTOGAMIC. |
| CURMUDGEON | • curmudgeon n. An ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions. • curmudgeon n. (Archaic) A miser. • CURMUDGEON n. an avaricious, ill-natured churlish person; a miser. |
| GLAMOUROUS | • glamourous adj. Rare form of glamorous. • GLAMOUROUS adj. having glamour, also GLAMOROUS. |
| GLOMERULUS | • glomerulus n. (Anatomy) A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine. • glomerulus n. (Anatomy) A structure in the olfactory bulb central to olfactory sensory transduction, composed of receptor… • glomerulus n. Any of several other similar intertwined masses of things. |
| GLUMACEOUS | • glumaceous adj. (Botany) Having or consisting of glumes. • GLUMACEOUS adj. like a glume, thin, brownish and papery. |
| HUMDUDGEON | • humdudgeon n. (Scotland, obsolete) An unnecessary outcry or complaint. • humdudgeon n. (Scotland, obsolete) An imaginary illness. • HUMDUDGEON n. (Scots) low spirits. |
| HUMDURGEON | • HUMDURGEON n. an imaginary illness. |
| LEGUMINOUS | • leguminous adj. Of the Leguminosae family of peas, beans etc. • leguminous adj. Resembling a legume. • LEGUMINOUS adj. relating to pulse vegetables. |
| MOUTHGUARD | • mouthguard n. A device that fits into the mouth over one or both arches of teeth, which is usually made of plastic… • mouth␣guard n. Alternative form of mouthguard. |
| MULTIGROUP | • multigroup adj. Of or pertaining to more than one group. • MULTIGROUP adj. comprising many groups. |
| MUSEUMGOER | • museumgoer n. A person who visits a museum. • museum-goer n. Alternative form of museumgoer. |
| OUTJUMPING | • outjumping v. Present participle of outjump. • OUTJUMP v. to surpass in jumping. |
| OUTSUMMING | • outsumming v. Present participle of outsum. • OUTSUM v. to outnumber. |
| PROPAGULUM | • propagulum n. (Botany) A runner terminated by a germinating bud. • propagulum n. A gemma or bud affecting asexual propagation in many algae. • PROPAGULUM n. a body with the capacity to give rise to a new plant e.g. seed, spore, bulbil, fragment etc., also PROPAGULE. |
| SURROGATUM | • surrogatum n. (Scottish law) A thing put in the place of another; a substitute. • SURROGATUM n. something that stands in place of something else, e.g. a price instead of the thing itself. |
| UMBRAGEOUS | • umbrageous adj. Having shade; shady; having shade provided by thick foliage. • umbrageous adj. (Figuratively) Irritable, easily upset. • UMBRAGEOUS adj. shady. |
| UNMOULDING | • unmoulding v. Present participle of unmould. • UNMOULD v. to change the form of; to reduce from any form, also UNMOLD. |
| UNMOUNTING | • unmounting v. Present participle of unmount. • UNMOUNT v. to dismount. |
| UROPYGIUMS | • UROPYGIUM n. the rump of a bird which supports the tail feathers. |